Sarah Ann Bridges

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name
Sarah Ann Bridges
aka
[Sarah Bruner, Sarah Burner]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Henry Hickman Bruner, whom she married, probably in 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. She was with him in Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850 and in Mercer County, Missouri, in 1860, when she was recorded as unable to read or write, and was a founding member of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858. Probably the mother of Eli Woodruff Bruner.
born
date
c. 1804
place
Kentucky
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
Aged 47 in 1850 and 56 in 1860, born Kentucky.
died
date
1873
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
note
The master tree's year (27 Sep 2026); the older Bruner research file says her death date is unknown. No source given.
residences
date
1824
place
Lawrence County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
note
Married Henry Hickman Bruner there, probably in 1824.
date
1830
place
Daviess County, Indiana
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
note
The Bruner household of 1830 at Daviess County, with a woman of her age and children Lucinda and Eli.
date
1840
place
Martin County, Indiana
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
note
A woman 30-40 in Hickman's household, as the research reads it.
date
1850
place
Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
note
In her husband's household.
date
1860
place
Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
note
In her husband's household (family 815).
father
name
William Henry Bridges
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
1766 - 16 Aug 1852, of Johnston County, North Carolina, as the Ancestry tree has him; no record attached, not yet imported.
mother
name
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
1773-1850, North Carolina, as the Ancestry tree has her (a daughter of John Wright and Penelope Clark); no record attached, not yet imported.

Wife of Henry Hickman Bruner, married in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824. Recorded as unable to read or write in 1860. A founding member of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal Church, Mercer County, Missouri, in 1858. The 1886 sketch of her probable son David M. Bruner says she died in Arkansas.

Open questions

  • Her parents. The Ancestry tree names William Henry Bridges and Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright of North Carolina, with nothing attached; she was born in Kentucky about 1804.
  • When and where she died; the source for the master tree's 1873. A photograph posted as Hickman Bruner and Sarah Bridges shows a woman in a dress of the 1890s (picture): either she lived into the 1890s or it is someone else.
  1. ---
  2. name: Sarah Ann Bridges
  3. aka: [Sarah Bruner, Sarah Burner]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Henry Hickman Bruner, whom she married, probably in 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana.
  8. She was with him in Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850 and in Mercer County, Missouri, in 1860,
  9. when she was recorded as unable to read or write, and was a founding member of the Somerset
  10. Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858. Probably the mother of Eli Woodruff Bruner.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1804
  13. place: Kentucky
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township, census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  17. note: Aged 47 in 1850 and 56 in 1860, born Kentucky.
  18. died:
  19. date: "1873"
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: possible
  22. note: The master tree's year (27 Sep 2026); the older Bruner research file says her death date is unknown. No source given.
  23. residences:
  24. - date: "1824"
  25. place: Lawrence County, Indiana
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. note: "Married Henry Hickman Bruner there, probably in 1824."
  29. - date: "1830"
  30. place: Daviess County, Indiana
  31. basis: inferred
  32. confidence: probable
  33. sources: [census-1830-daviess-county-indiana-bruner]
  34. note: "The Bruner household of 1830 at Daviess County, with a woman of her age and children Lucinda and Eli."
  35. - date: "1840"
  36. place: Martin County, Indiana
  37. basis: inferred
  38. confidence: probable
  39. sources: [census-1840-martin-county-indiana-bruner]
  40. note: A woman 30-40 in Hickman's household, as the research reads it.
  41. - date: "1850"
  42. place: Center Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  43. basis: documented
  44. confidence: proven
  45. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-center-township]
  46. note: In her husband's household.
  47. - date: "1860"
  48. place: Summersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri
  49. basis: documented
  50. confidence: proven
  51. sources: [census-1860-mercer-county-missouri-bruner]
  52. note: In her husband's household (family 815).
  53. father:
  54. name: William Henry Bridges
  55. basis: compiled
  56. confidence: possible
  57. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  58. note: 1766 - 16 Aug 1852, of Johnston County, North Carolina, as the Ancestry tree has him; no record attached, not yet imported.
  59. mother:
  60. name: Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright
  61. basis: compiled
  62. confidence: possible
  63. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  64. note: 1773-1850, North Carolina, as the Ancestry tree has her (a daughter of John Wright and Penelope Clark); no record attached, not yet imported.
  65. ---
  67. Wife of Henry Hickman Bruner, married in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824. Recorded as
  68. unable to read or write in 1860. A founding member of the Somerset Methodist Episcopal
  69. Church, Mercer County, Missouri, in 1858. The 1886 sketch of her probable son David M.
  70. Bruner says she died in Arkansas.
  72. ## Open questions
  74. - Her parents. The Ancestry tree names William Henry Bridges and Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright of
  75. North Carolina, with nothing attached; she was born in Kentucky about 1804.
  76. - When and where she died; the source for the master tree's 1873. A photograph posted as Hickman
  77. Bruner and Sarah Bridges shows a woman in a dress of the 1890s
  78. ([picture](/gallery/hickman-bruner-and-sarah-bridges/)): either she lived into the 1890s or it is
  79. someone else.
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